PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bodalicious Smithers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyler Black has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Smithers
vs
Black

182 cm
22
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bodalicious Smithers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tyler Black!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smithers tries to clinch up.
Smithers wants to clinch.
Black shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Smithers tries a head kick but it misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smithers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smithers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Black swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smithers wants to clinch.
Bodalicious Smithers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smithers moves in looking to clinch but Black pushes him off.
Bodalicious Smithers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smithers stuffs the takedown.
Black keeps the fight on the outside.
Black keeps the fight on the outside.
Smithers goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Smithers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Black swats away the attempt to clinch by Smithers.
Smithers rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Black moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Smithers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smithers fails with an attempt to clinch.

Smithers gets caught flat footed, as Black shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Smithers knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Black on the ground.

Black drops back looking for a leg! Smithers is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Smithers manages to kick Black off! Black jumps back into Smithers's guard.
Black scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Smithers controls Black momentarily but Black frees himself.
Smithers is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Black is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smithers looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Smithers is looking to stand up but Black isn't so interested in that idea.
Smithers trying to strike off his back.
Black scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Black prevents Smithers from getting back to his feet.
Smithers controls Black momentarily but Black frees himself.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Smithers fails with an attempt to clinch.

Black shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Black was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Black is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Smithers has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Smithers sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Black throwing shots but Smithers is blocking nicely.
Smithers tries to get to full guard but Black has control of the leg.
Smithers avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Black.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Black stops Smithers from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Black dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Smithers pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smithers fails in his attempt to clinch.
Black avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smithers misses with a head kick.
Smithers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smithers tries to close the distance and clinch but Black swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smithers tries to clinch but Black is having none of it.
Smithers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smithers tries to clinch but Black moves out of range.
Black throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smithers fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smithers stuffs the takedown.
Black misses with a jab, cross combination.
Black will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Black throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Smithers's waist but Smithers gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Black off to one side.
Bodalicious Smithers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyler Black.
Smithers tries to clinch but Black moves out of range.
Smithers tries to clinch but Black is having none of it.
Black takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A combination from Smithers does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smithers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smithers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bodalicious Smithers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smithers tries to clinch up.
Black avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smithers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Black circles away from the clinch attempt.

Black feints and as Smithers raises his hands in defense, Black changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Black stops Smithers from standing up.
Black throwing strikes from guard but Smithers blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smithers is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Black makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Smithers wants to stand up but Black is controlling him.
Smithers trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Black lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Black advances position into side control!

Black looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smithers gets back to half guard.

Black wants to work for an arm triangle but Smithers is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Smithers wants to improve his position but Black is controlling well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Black thows a huge punch but Smithers dodges it nicely.
Smithers looks like he's trying to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Black showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Smithers is looking to clinch.
Black keeps the fight on the outside.
Black blocks a head kick by Smithers.
Black slips a jab and a cross from Smithers.
Smithers doesn't manage to clinch there - Black circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black moves out of range of the body kick from Smithers.
Smithers wants to clinch up but Black keeps it at a distance.
Smithers fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smithers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Black swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smithers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smithers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Smithers moves away from the strike by Black.

Black shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Smithers's guard.
Black postures up.
Black passes into half guard.
Smithers wants to improve his position but Black is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smithers is trying to stand up here but Black is controlling him well.

Black is looking for a kimura here.
Black takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Black not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smithers is looking to escape.

Black wants to work for an arm triangle but Smithers is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Smithers wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Smithers misses with an attempted mid kick.
Black misses with a takedown attempt - Smithers sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Smithers tries to clinch but Black moves out of range.
Smithers tries to close the distance and clinch but Black swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Black misses with a double jab
and Smithers counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Smithers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Black paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smithers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smithers is looking to clinch.
Smithers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bodalicious Smithers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smithers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Black swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Black shoots in looking for a takedown. Smithers tries to sprawl out of it but Black keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Smithers manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Smithers is looking to clinch but Black is avoiding it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyler Black comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Black winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyler Black!